News Releases

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• 4/18/2017 DEEP Announces Program at Kellogg Environmental Center, Derby Connecticut Women Cultivating Confidence

  In appreciation of the outstanding achievements of women in Connecticut, the Kellogg Environmental Center will have two guest lecturers on Connecticut women in the suffragist movement and the history of inspirational Connecticut women.

• 4/17/2017 CT DEEP invites outdoor enthusiasts to become volunteers

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) invites environmental stewards who enjoy wildlife and the outdoors to get involved in protecting important species and preserving habitat by becoming volunteers for DEEP.

• 4/17/2017 Gov. Malloy Appoints Former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy to Serve on the Connecticut Green Bank

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is appointing Gina McCarthy to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Green Bank.

• 4/12/2017 Gov. Malloy and State Officials Urge EPA To Act Favorably on Petition to Control Pollution Caused By Upwind States

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and other Connecticut officials are urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to approve a petition filed by the State of Connecticut along with eight other neighboring Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states to require nine upwind states located in the west and the south to reduce air pollution generated within their borders that is carried to states in the northeast by prevailing winds, causing public health issues for area residents and economic disincentives for the region’s businesses.

• 4/12/2017 Osborne Homestead Museum, Derby Opens in May

  The Osborne Homestead Museum in Derby will reopen for its 34th season on Saturday, May 6, 2017.

• 4/11/2017 CT DEEP Advises Boaters to Be Safe on Waterways

  With warmer weather arriving, Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) reminds all boaters that even though the air temperatures are rising, the State’s waters are still in the mid to upper 40’s – which is considered “cold” water.

• 4/11/2017 2017 Spring Wild Turkey Hunting Season Opens April 26

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is reminding hunters that the 2017 Connecticut spring wild turkey hunting season runs from April 26 through May 27.

• 4/7/2017 DEEP Deputy Commissioner Whalen Joins Students from Waterbury’s Regan Elementary School For Stocking Trout in Celebration of Opening Day

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Deputy Commissioner Susan Whalen, today joined students from Regan Elementary School, Waterbury, to stock trout at Fulton Park, Upper Pond, in preparation for Opening Day of trout fishing season on Saturday, April 8.

• 4/6/2017 Opening Day is this Saturday, April 8th Connecticut ready for trout season, 306,000 trout stocked for Opening Day

  Opening Day of the trout fishing season is this Saturday -- April 8th -- and Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has the state’s rivers, streams, lakes and ponds stocked and ready.

• 4/3/2017 Southern End of the Windsor Locks Canal State Park Trail Will Be Closed through June 2017

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) today announced that the southern end of the popular Windsor Locks Canal State Park Trail will be closed through June 2017 to protect a pair of nesting bald eagles.

• 3/30/2017 Connecticut Joins Multistate Settlement Resolving Environmental Claims against Volkswagen for Emissions Fraud

  Connecticut will receive $14,846,465 through a multistate settlement with auto-maker Volkswagen that resolves state claims that the company violated environmental laws when it equipped certain diesel vehicles with illegal and undisclosed emissions defeat devices designed to circumvent emissions standards, Attorney General George Jepsen said today.

• 3/28/2017 Lagomorphs and Rodents, a Spring Program at Kellogg Environmental Center, Derby

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) announces a family friendly program, Lagomorphs and Rodents. Join staff educators on Saturday, April 15 at 10:00 a.m. at Kellogg Environmental Center, Derby to learn about mice, squirrels, beavers and their cousins – lagomorphs – which include rabbits and hares.

• 3/28/2017 Gov. Malloy And Commissioner Klee Statements on Presidential Executive Order Rolling Back the Clean Power Plan

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Robert Klee released the following statements in response to an executive order President Trump signed today rolling back previous action made by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the Clean Power Plan, including a rule cutting power-plant carbon emissions.

• 3/27/2017 School Vacation Week Programs at Dinosaur State Park, Rocky Hill

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) announced today that Dinosaur State Park will be expanding its Museum hours back to a Tuesday – Sunday schedule beginning April 1st.

• 3/24/2017 Registration Begins Today For The 12th Annual Great Park Pursuit Family Adventure

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) announced today that registration for the 2017 No Child Left Inside® Great Park Pursuit – Connecticut State Parks Family Adventure is now open at www.NoChildLeftInside.org through Friday, May 5, 2017.